Sale 848: Fine Literature: with Mystery & Sci-fi - Beats, Bukowski & the Counterculture (#848) 10/09/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/09/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 848 748 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 301-382 of 382. Previous|1234|Next Lot #362 The Stand View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorKing, StephenHeadlineFirst printing of The Stand, in dust jacketPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1978 Lot #364 A Kiss Before Dying View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorLevin, IraHeadlineFirst Edition of Ira Levin's First Novel in jacketPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1953 Lot #365 The Last Battle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLewis, C. S.HeadlineFirst printing of The Last BattlePublisherMacmillanDate Published1956 Lot #366 The Wycherly Woman View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMacdonald, RossHeadlineMacdonald's Wycherly Woman 1st in JacketPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1961 Lot #373 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineChamber of Secrets 1st American editionPublisherArthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic PressDate Published[1999] Lot #374 Strong Poison View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorSayers, Dorothy L.HeadlineSayers' Strong Poison First EditionPublisherBrewer & Warren Inc.Date Published[1930] Lot #375 Dorcas Dene, Detective: Her Life and Adventures View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorSims, Geo. R.HeadlineDorcas Dene, Detective in jacket - RarePublisherJarroldsDate Published[c.1919] Lot #379 Dracula View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorStoker, BramHeadlineStoker's Dracula 1920s ReprintPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[c.1920's] Lot #380 Heed the Thunder View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorThompson, JimHeadlineThompson Heed the Thunder 1st in JacketPublisherGreenbergDate Published[1946] Lot #381 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineJ.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings TrilogyPublisherHoughton Mifflin Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1966-1967 Lot #382 The Silmarillion View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineTolkien's The Silmarillion, mythology of LOTRPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1977 Lot #383 The Mysterious Island. The Modern Robinson Crusoe View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineVerne First Combined Ed. Mysterious IslandPublisherScribner, Armstrong, & Co.Date Published1876 Lot #384 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineVerne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1906 Ed.PublisherSampson Low, Marston, and CompanyDate Publishedc. 1906 Lot #385 War of the Worlds as published in The Cosmopolitan View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineFirst appearance of War of the WorldsPublisherThe CosmopolitanDate Published1896-1898 Lot #387 5 crime novels by Cornell Woolrich View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWoolrich, CornellHeadline5 by Cornell WoolrichDate Published1956-2004 Lot #389 Cover Charge View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWoolrich, CornellHeadlineCornell Woolrich's first bookPublisherBoni & LiverightDate Published1926 Lot #390 Three "Black" titles by Cornell Woolrich View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorWoolrich, CornellHeadlineFirst and last of Woolrich's Black novelsDate Published1940-1946 Lot #391 Jonathan Troy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorAbbey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Abbey's scarce first bookPublisherDodd, MeadDate Published[1954] Lot #392 The Monkey Wrench Gang View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAbbey, EdwardHeadlineMonkey-Wrench Gang first edition in jacketPublisherJ. B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1975] Lot #394 Ark II / Moby I: Poetry Cross Section View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Beat Literature)AuthorMcClure, Michael, and James Harmon, editorsHeadlineArk II / Moby I, signed by Joanna McClurePublisherArkDate Published1956 Lot #396 Big Table, Nos. 1-5, complete [with] three issues of the Chicago Review View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Big Table)AuthorRosenthal, Irving & Paul Carroll, editorsHeadlineBig Table complete - With 34 signatures, including Burroughs, Ginsberg, Di Prima, Ferlinghetti, et al.ProvenanceFrom the collection of Joe LeePublisherBig Table / University of Chicago PressDate Published1958-60 Lot #399 Blast 3 - three variants View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Black Sparrow Press)AuthorCooney, Seamus, editorHeadlineBlack Sparrow's Blast 3 - 3 variantsPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1984 Lot #400 Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, and In Watermelon Sugar View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineSigned by Richard Brautigan and photographer Edmund SheaPublisherDelacorte PressDate Published[1968] Lot #401 The Bukowski / Purdy Letters: 1964-1974, A Decade of Dialogue View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBukowski, Charles & Al PurdyHeadlineSigned by Buk & Purdy w/ orig. pastelPublisherThe Paget PressDate Published[1983] Lot #402 Original acrylic painting by Charles Bukowski View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Art)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineOriginal Bukowski paintingDate PublishedNo date Lot #403 Beer / Cerveza View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBeer / Cerveza - Rare Bukowski broadsidePublisherEdicion Artesanal HechaDate Published1995 Lot #404 The Harder You Try View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineUnpublished Bukowski broadside only proof copyPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate PublishedNo date Lot #405 I Have Shit Stains in My Underwear Too View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineUnpublished Bukowski broadside only proof copyPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate PublishedNo date Lot #407 Charles Bukowski's Memorial Service ephemera View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)HeadlineBukowski Memorial Service ephemeraDate Published[1994] Lot #410 Publishing contract signed by Bukowski, John Martin, and others View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)Headline1983 publishing contract for Bukowski's WomenPublisherEditora BrasilienseDate Published1983 Lot #411 Signed typescript letter from Charles Bukowski to Gary Olson View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Letters)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski signed letter with envelope 1967Date Published1967 Lot #420 The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorBukowski, Charles and R. CrumbHeadlineBuk The Captain is Out to Lunch signed by Crumb & John MartinPublisherBlack Sparrow Graphic ArtsDate Published1997 Lot #421 Love Is A Dog From Hell: Based upon stories by Charles Bukowski - film press kit View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles)HeadlineLove is a Dog from Hell Press Kit signedPublisherCineplex Odeon FilmsDate Published1987 Lot #422 The Iris Prints View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles)AuthorMontfort, Michael and Giorgio MoroderHeadlineBukowski's The Iris Prints 1/26PublisherMoMo EditionsDate Published1996 Lot #426 The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineSigned by Robert Crumb on original printPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1998 Lot #427 Crucifix in a Deathhand View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski's Crucifix with original art and letter 1/26PublisherA Loujon Press Award Book / Lyle Stuart Inc.Date Published[1965] Lot #428 Crucifix in a Deathhand View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski's Crucifix in a Deathhand w/inscription 1 of 10 copiesPublisherA Loujon Press Award Book / Lyle Stuart Inc.Date Published[1965] Lot #429 Face of a Political Candidate on a Street Billboard View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBuk Face of a Political Candidate signed 1/50PublisherThe Old Marble PressDate Published1975 Lot #431 Four Black Sparrow Press New Year's Greetings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadline4 Black Sparrow New Years Greetings, 3 signed by John MartinPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1994-2001 Lot #432 Horsemeat [with] signed prospectus View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski's Horsemeat with signed prospectusPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published[1982] Lot #433 Hot Water Music: A New Book of Short Stories by Charles Bukowski View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski Hot Water Music signed broadside 1/50PublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published[1983] Lot #435 The Night Torn Mad with Footsteps: New Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineNight Torn Mad with Footsteps signed by John MartinPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published2001 Lot #436 Run with the Hunted View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski's Run with the Hunted 1962PublisherMidwest Poetry ChapbooksDate Published[1962] Lot #437 South of No North - with original collage from Bobbie Creeley View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineOriginal drawing by Buk & Bobbie Creeley collagePublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1973 Lot #440 What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBuk What Matters Most w/ serigraph print 1/26PublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1999 Lot #441 Naked Lunch View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, William S.HeadlineNaked Lunch 1st U.S. ed. in jacketPublisherGrove Press, Inc.Date Published[1959] Lot #442 Naked Lunch View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, William S.HeadlineNaked Lunch 1st Ed. signed by Burroughs & Barney RossetPublisherGrove Press, Inc.Date Published[1959] Lot #443 The Naked Lunch [with] The Last Words of Dutch Schultz [and] Ah Pook is Here View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, William S.Headline3 volumes by William S. BurroughsDate Published1964-1979 Lot #444 The Naked Lunch View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, WilliamHeadlineNaked Lunch First Printing 1959 Olympia PressPublisherOlympia PressDate Published[1959] Lot #445 Junkie View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Author[Burroughs, William] Lee, William, pseud.HeadlineWilliam Burroughs Junkie 1st EditionPublisherAce Double BooksDate Published1953 Lot #446 Original sketch of Neal Cassady View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cassady, Neal)AuthorCassady, CarolynHeadlineOriginal drawing of Neal Cassady by Carolyn Cassady, 1952ProvenanceFrom the collection of Joe LeeDate Published1952 Lot #447 The Teachings of Don Juan View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCastaneda, CarlosHeadlineCastaneda's Teachings of Don Juan 1st EditionPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1968 Lot #448 Pan-ic: A Selection of Contemporary Canadian Poems - Pan, 4 Issues of Poetry, Number Two View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Cohen, Leonard)AuthorLayton, Irving, editorHeadlineSigned by Leonard Cohen and Irving LaytonPublisherAlan BrilliantDate Published1958 Lot #449 Three Leonard Cohen 7" singles View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cohen, Leonard)Headline3 Leonard Cohen 7" singles - 1 signedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #450 Beautiful Losers View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorCohen, LeonardHeadlineBeautiful Losers signed by Leonard CohenPublisherMcClelland and Stewart LimitedDate Published[1966] Lot #451 Beautiful Losers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorCohen, LeonardHeadlineLeonard Cohen Beautiful Losers 1st editionPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published[1966] Lot #452 Beautiful Losers View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCohen, LeonardHeadlineSigned by Leonard Cohen, inscribed to his publisher Soheyl DahiPublisherBantam BooksDate Published[1967] Lot #453 The Favorite Game View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorCohen, LeonardHeadlineLeonard Cohen's 1st novel signedPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published[1963] Lot #454 The Favorite Game View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorCohen, LeonardHeadlineSigned by Leonard CohenPublisherBantam BooksDate Published[1971] Lot #465 Large group of original photographs of Lawrence Ferlinghetti View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Ferlinghetti, Lawrence)HeadlineApprox. 85 original photos of Lawrence FerlinghettiProvenanceFrom the collection of Helen MacLeodDate Published[c.1990s and later] Lot #466 Thirteen volumes signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Ferlinghetti, Lawrence)Headline13 volumes and ephemera signed by Lawrence FerlinghettiProvenanceFrom the collection of Helen MacLeodDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #468 Baseball Canto View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFerlinghetti Baseball Canto Signed w/ BallPublisherSore Dove PressDate Published2013 Lot #469 A Ca$ino Culture [with] Six Sumi [and] Three signed postcards View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineSigned Ferlinghetti Six Sumi and EphemeraPublisherSore Dove PressDate Published2007-2011 Lot #470 Letter to Time View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFerlinghetti's Letter to Time Signed 1/30PublisherSore Dove PressDate Published2014 Lot #480 The Baseball Poem View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHirschman, JackHeadlineHirschmann "The Baseball Poem" Signed BallPublisherSore Dove PressDate Published2013 Lot #485 Seven Beat items, several with appearances by Jack Kerouac View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Kerouac, Jack)HeadlineA Beat miscellany with several Kerouac appearancesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #487 Eight volumes by Jack Kerouac View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineEight volumes by Jack Kerouac Lot #488 Excerpts from Visions of Cody View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineVisions of Cody Excerpts signed by Kerouac and 13 othersProvenanceFrom the collection of Joe LeePublisher[Printed for New Directions]Date Published[1960] Lot #489 Mexico City Blues (242 Choruses) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineRare First Issue of Mexico City BluesPublisherGrove PressDate Published1959 Lot #490 On the Road View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineOn the Road, first editionPublisherViking PressDate Published1957 Lot #491 On the Road View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineOn the Road first edition in first issue jacketPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1957 Lot #492 On the Road View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JackHeadline"On the Road" signed by Lucien Carr, Allen Ginsberg, Carolyn Cassady, and 7 othersPublisherViking PressDate Published1957 Lot #493 Self Portrait - original drawing View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$34,375StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineJack Kerouac signed self-portrait original drawing 1956ProvenanceFrom the collection of Joe LeeDate Published[1956] Lot #494 The Subterraneans View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineKerouac's Subterraneans signed by Lucien Carr, Ferlinghetti, and Helen WeaverPublisherAndre DeutschDate Published[1960] Lot #495 Ten paperbacks from Jack Kerouac View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineTen paperback novels from Jack KerouacDate Published1982 Lot #496 The Town and the City View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorKerouac, JohnHeadlineKerouac's 1st book signed by Lucien Carr, Carolyn Cassady & Helen WeaverProvenanceFrom the collection of Joe LeePublisherHarcourt Brace and CompanyDate Published[1950] Lot #497 Kesey's Garage Sale View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorKesey, KenHeadlineKen Kesey's Garage Sale SignedPublisherViking Press / Intrepid Trips Information ServiceDate Published[1973] Lot #499 Insomnia, or the Devil at Large View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineHenry Miller Insomnia "Edition G" Loujon signedPublisherLoujon PressDate Published1970 Lot #500 Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineHenry Miller's Order & ChaosPublisherLoujon Press of New OrleansDate Published[1966] Lot #504 Twenty-four miniature volumes and six miniature broadsides from Poems-for-All View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Poems-for-All)AuthorFerlinghetti, Lawrence, et al.Headline30 miniatures from Poems-for-AllPublisher24th Street Irregular PressDate Published2001-2020 Lot #509 Poets / Painters View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Sore Dove Press)HeadlinePoets / Painters Signed by Ferlinghetti and othersPublisherSore Dove PressDate Published2011 Lot #511 Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorThompson, Hunter S.HeadlineSharp First Printing of HST's Hell's AngelsPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1967] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next